Rotary steam-motor.



F. W. MEYER.

ROTARY STEAM MOTOR.

APPLICATION FILED OOT. 12,1908.

'91 5,200. Patented Mar. 16, l909.

FERDINA W. MEYER, or NORMAN, OKLAHOMA.

ROTARY srnmsnoron.

Specification or Letters Patent.

Patented March 16, 1909.

Application filed October 12, .1908. Serial No. 457,421.

.To all whom tt 'mdy comer n:

. Be a known tha rEnDmiND W. MEYER,

'- a citizen' ofq-the UnitedfStates, residing at inventionfrelatestoimprovements in Norman, int-he county of Cleveland and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new' and useful Improvements injltotary Steam- M 'i 1s a spec1fication,*' offgt e accompanymgi tors, of which the fond referen had i1 rotary steamflengines. and more-[particularly one designed:forf operjz aiting a rotary fanfor Ventilating 1 168 .1ilig ip111fposes.

Th bject of the inyention is to provide a lh, siniple',.inexpensive and-lp'ractical device of this character'which'is efipeciall'y adaipted-for use in a dwelling house and'which wi not require the 'services of anattendant.

With the above andlother object'sin'view, the inventionconsists of the novel features of construction and the combinationand ar-' i'angement ofparts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accome panying drawings, in which -'-=tion,-:pa1 ts being broken away and in section];

. rgheart it ling' 3 d a IQther wat l supply Fig; 2' is a vertical section through the motor I and the fan-or blower which it operates; and

3 isa detail section taken on the 'cated by the line 3 3 in Fig. 2. llnthedrawing's .1 denotesa steam boiler of any suitable form and construction adapted to be aced upon a stove, hun over an 0 en i i-or otherwise-heated, t is provi ed Withawater inletpipe 2 connected by a coupipe oat

i icontaini'ngasuitable-cut-oii valve. A

f'va'lve .5,-,controls the inlet pipe 2and, as illusftrated fis"formed on a float lever-6fwhich is ;pivoted .at one end, as at 7, and carries a suitable'float 8 atits other end. This float valve maintains alconstant level'of water-in the steam boiler orrecep'tacle2.

3 10' denotes a rotary fan mounted in a cas ing consistingof two circular heads .11 united jbyan; annular band or ring 12 and having two 1pec0nnections13, 14 which are dispose mplanes atright angles to each other and either one of which may be used as an inletwhile the other as an outlet for thefan f casing. The blades of the fan 10 are fixed to arms 15 which radiate from a hub 16 suitably to a shaft 17 suitably journaled in bear- ;ngpl'ates 18, 19 securedin-co'ncentric 0' en sinthe heads 11 of the fan casing. he

" gttempsupported by meansof two inverted 'taching Fixedtothe projecting end of the shaft 17 blades 23 form space of the boiler} 1. v j are provided with controllingor cutoff valves 7 F gure 1 is ,a side elevation of the inven-v U-shaped su ports 20-secui'ed to the outer faces of the eads ll and having their arms or ends depending and bent outwardly at right angles to provide supporting and ateet 21.

is a rotary engine or turbine 22 provided with radiating blades 23 and arranged for' rotation in a casing 24 within which the ockets. The casing 24 1s substantially cylindrical, one. of its sides being open and provided with a surrounding flange 25 which is secured to one of the heads 1 l'ooncentri'cally therewith, s o that said open side of the casing 24 is closed by the bearing plate or member 19, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of'the drawings. Formed upon the casthe branches 29, 30 of a'steam supply pipe 31 which is in' communication with the steam The branches 29,, 3O

32, 33 so that the steam generated in the boiler 1 may be admitted to either-of the tangentially arranged steam inlet pipes or :connections- 26, 27 of the engine to permit the wheel 22 to be rotated in'either direction, thereby permitting the fan 10 to be used either as, a blast fan or asucti'on'fan. When one of. the valves 32, 33 is. open the other is closed, and the steam, after beingdirected against the blades 23 of" the wheel 22, es-v capes from the casing 24 throu h an outlet .piple 34 arranged at the bottomjo said casing.

he apparatus above described may be used for ventilating purposes cleaning poses, etc,., and to either both of the tapered or'cone-shaped connections 13,14 of thefan casing may be connected suitable pipes or systems of pipes and by reversing the direction of the motor as above explained, the

fan 'may be rotated in'either irection to either force or suck air thro'ugh such pipes.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed I a p The combination with a fan casing, a'rotary fan therein, a shaft forthe fan and projecting through one wall of the casing, of a motorcasingconsisting of a circular head, an

annular side wallprojecting from saidhead,

and an annular radially projecting attaching projectingfrom the side wall, said flange ein engaged with and secured to pur- .ing at its top'are' two oppositely projecting steam inlet connections or pipes 26, 27 which, are connected bynmeans, of couplings '28 to said wall 0 the fancasing concentric with said shaft, whereby the Wall of the fan casing with radially projecting blades which pro- 10 closes the rear side of the motor casing, the vide pockets in the motor casing. annular side wall of the motor casing being In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my formed at its top with oppositely dispose signature in the presence of two Witnesses. tangentially arran ed integral inlet pipes, a l FERDINAND W MEYER.

vertically dispose outlet 1 e arranged in x the center of the bottom of eannular side Witnesses:

Wall of'the motor casing, and a rotary Wheel in R. L. IVIOFFETT} the motor casingfixed to the shaft and formed I E. F. Rm'rz. 

